Tommy was drving slowly and turned to see his former student sleeping.
'Ethan,' he said. 'Dude wake up,' Tommy said and patted his friends arm.
'What?' Ethan asked. 'What's going on?' he asked still half asleep.
'Your meant to be looking for a Trent's car and I doubt you will find it with your eyes are closed,' Tommy said and Ethan looked at him.
'Dude, this is really getting to you huh?' the former blue ranger asked.
'Yeah I guess it is. I mean if this was Ryan I don't know how I would be,' Tommy said honestly.
'Well it's not Ryan,' Ethan said. 'You have to be grateful for that but concentrate on Aden. If you keep your mind on Ryan, you might miss somethings that help us find Aden,' Ethan said and Tommy nodded.
'What like a white car damaged outside a shop?' Tommy asked and Ethan looked at him confused. 'Over there,' Tommy said and Ethan saw the car. Tommy parked the car oposite to the shop and both boys got out of the car and moved toward the white car. The side they could see was perfectly fine and had no harm to it. Ethan moved towards the back and saw the same condition as the side they had seen. Tommy moved straight to the other said and saw the drivers door wide open. The door behind it was damaged from a powerful force hitting it. 'Ethan,' he said and the former blue ranger saw its damage. He stayed to obsereve the damage while Tommy walked around trying to find something else.
'This doesn't look human,' Ethan stated. 'I guess we can say Trent's powers have fully grown,' he said and Tommy nodded in agreement.
'Well now we have to get more careful,' Tommy said and began looking around the shop. Ethan had finished looking at the damage and sent it's picture to Billy. He moved down looking underneath the car and found part of Kim's phone.
'Yo Tommy! I found something,' Ethan said and his former teacher came back to the car waiting for Ethan to get up. He saw as the young man came up with part of his wife's phone.
'I guess Trent found the phone and took another car,' Tommy said.
'That's what I'm thinking but there's something more to finding this,' Ethan said.
'Like what?' Tommy asked.
'Where's the rest of phone? Why did we only find Kim's phone and not the whole of it?' Ethan asked.
'Do you think Aden was leaving a trail?' Tommy asked.
'Well he was smart enough to call us,' Ethan stated.
'Should we follow it?' Tommy asked.
'How about we call the guys ask what's going on down there. If we can help them with this information we'll follow it,' Ethan said and Tommy nodded. Tommy reached for his phone and dialled Connor's number.
'Hey,' Connor said.
'Hey, what's going on down there?' Tommy asked.
'Well - Trent called and wants to fight me. I win, I get Kira and Aden back and he has to leave us alone. He wins - well you know what will happen then,' Connor told him simply.
'You really think he's going to hand over Aden?' Tommy asked.
'No, I doubt it, Billy has some idea of how I can become more powerful though,' Connor said.
'Well what did he say?' Tommy asked.
'We're about to find out,' Connor told him. 'What's going on there?' Connor asked.
'Erm... we think Aden has left a track for us to follow but we're not sure if we should so we wanted to ask you,' Tommy said.
'I think you should,' Connor said. 'Just don't attack Trent, keep yourselfs hidden and when we go fight I want to know if Aden is with Trent,' Connor said.
'Are you sure?' Tommy asked.
'Yeah, I'm sure just don't tell Kim or Kira because they are going to start worrying,' Connor said.
'Alright sure,' Tommy said. 'We'll follow the track and if we find anything we'll let you know,' Tommy told the former red ranger. 'Where is everyone? It sounds quiet,' Tommy asked.
'I'm outside right now. When you called I kind of figured something was going on,' Connor said.
'Oh right, well when everyone is asleep, give us an update,' Tommy said
'Yeah sure, see you later dude,' Connor said.
'Bye,' the former black Dino ranger said and ended a call.
Kira sat on the couch with Ryan watching Connor talking on the phone with his "cousin". When he had said that Kira immediatley knew he was lying. She knew Connor didn't have a cousin in this town and saw the look on his face when he had said that. She watched him and saw the different expression on his face. He looked calm and Kira knew something was going on. She watched as Connor put his phone back in his pocket and and walk back into the house. He closed the door and went to sit on the small chair opposite her. She looked at him straight in the eyes and saw him trying to avoid her eye contact.
'Connor, can I talk to you for a second?' Kira asked looking at the young man.
'Don't you want to hear how I can beat Trent first?' he asked knowing what was coming.
'Yeah, sure,' Kira said and looked down.
'So?' Ryan asked. 'How do we get my best friend back?' he asked.
'Dino Gems,' Kim said simply.
'The dino gems were burned when we defeated Mesagog,' Kira stated confused.
'Yes but they began to re-form,' Billy said.
'What do you mean?' Connor asked.
'The gems will always be there as long as you, Ethan, Kira, Trent and Tommy are alive,' Billy said. 'You all saw the gems burn but over time they began to re-form,' Billy said.
'So we can still be power rangers?' Connor asked.
'Yeah,' Kim said.
'But there's a catch right?' Kira asked.
'There is a chance that when you get your gems back evil will awaken,' Kim said and looked at the shocked faces in her son, Connor and Kira.
'So you mean we could go back to fighting if we get our gems back but the only way for Connor to have a chance of defeating Trent is by getting the gems back?' Kira asked and recieved a nod from both Billy and Kim.
'If your gems are as powerful as they were before they were burned you can always stop the evil for awakening,' Billy stated.
'All you need is two rangers to send them back,' Kim said.
'Can we do this?' Kira asked looking directly at Connor.
'For Aden?' he asked.
'For Aden,' she said. 'We'll do it,' Kira said and looked at Billy and Kim.
'We'll go to the spot tommorow before the fight,' Billy stated.
'For now let's all go to sleep,' Kim said and they all nodded. They all went upstairs leaving Connor and Kira downstairs.
'What's going on Connor?' she asked him and saw the fake confused face he pulled.
'I don't know what you're talking about,' he said not meeting Kira's eyes.
'Come on Connor. You don't have a cousin in town and I know you were lying,' Kira told him.
'It was just a friend,' Connor told her.
'Why can't you just be honest with me?' Kira asked him.
'Because I can't. I want to but that will make you all woried and cranky. You'll find out soon and I promise it's for the best OK?' Connor asked and moved to sit next to Kira.
'You're not leaving are you?' Kira asked him and he looked at her shocked.
'What do you mean?' Connor asked her.
'I figured you're going to leave me as soon as you've saved Aden,' Kira said not looking at him. Connor sighed and turned so his body was facing Kira's.
'I am not going anywhere I just don't want to go and fight Trent not knowing if Aden is there or not,' Connor told her.
'So you're not leaving,' she said and looked at him shinning.
'No, I'm not,' he told her and kissed her forehead.
'What did you mean when you said not knowing if Aden isn't there on not?' Kira asked.
'You'll find out tommorow. I promise. Right now we need all our energy,' Connor said.
'Let's go to bed then,' Kira said.
'I'm going to go grab some water. I'll catch you upstairs OK?' Connor said and Kira nodded.
'Yeah sure,' she said. The two shared a quick kiss and Kira walked up the stairs. Connor watched her go before getting up towards the kitchen. He looked at the time and saw it was one o'clock.
'Geez!' he whispered to himself. He grabbed a glass from the cupboard and called Tommy.
'So wha't going on?' Tommy asked as soon as he answered the phone.
'Hey to you too,' Connor said.
'Yeah whatever,' Tommy said.
'Have you found Aden yet?' he asked.
'Aden's trail isnt so easy to follow when you're in a car,' Tommy said.
'Are there any houses or hotels around the area?' Connor asked.
'Yeah why?' Tommy asked.
'Look for one of the quiet, shady and expensive houses,' Connor said. 'Trent might be smart but he also wants top quality,' Connor told Tommy.
'Alright, we'll look out for that,' Tommy said. 'What's going on there?' Tommy asked.
'We're getting the gems back but there's a chance we evil will come back,' Connor said simply.
'The gems?' Tommy asked.
'Yeah,' Connor said.
'How?' Tommy asked.
'Well...' Connor began and explained everything Billy had told him and Kira. Tommy was shocked to hear everything and couldn't believe he could have gotten the gems back alll this time.
'You're going to risk it aren't you?' Tommy asked him.
'I have to. For my son,' Connor said.
'I understand,' Tommy said and ended the call. Connor took his water and walked upstairs. He slowly went into the room and saw an exhausted Kira sleeping on the bed. Her eyes were shut and she looked at peaceful causing a smile on Connor's face. Connor took his vest off and moved into Kira's bed. He wrapped his hand around Kira's waist and she held onto his hand.
'Love you,' he whispered as he drifted to sleep. All Connor was thinking about was his son and the hope he would be OK. Tommorrow would be a long day.
So this is a shorter chapter but I want the next one to have all the drama. Please review and Thank you for reading. xx